The Right of Way (Warner Bros.) (1930)

b “Right Of Way” Advances Fred Kohler Another Step Nearer a / TWO | ENTRANCES Sir Gilbert Parker’s epochal novel brought to life with ES startling \ realism. CONRAD LORETTA YOUNG FRED KOHLER In the FRANK LLOYD production LOEWS STATE “:::. OIRECTIONWEST COAST THEATRES ING What Had Been His Past? Who Held The Key To A Forgotten Love? A Notable Cast Reaching The Peak Of Artistic Endeavor with NAGEL TRIGHT Cut No.7 Cut 4oc Mat roc STRANGEST INCIDENT IN HOLLYWOOD BROUGHT LORETTA YOUNG INTO MOVIE SPOTLIGHT Loretta Young was born Gretchen Young in a two story frame house in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the youngest Young, having two sisters, Polly Ann Young and Sally Blane, both of whom are in the movies. Loretta’s accidental entrance into pictures and stardom is afavorite Hollywood story that bears retelling. et de LeRoy, prominent First National director, telephoned the Y in order to secure Polly Ann, her sister, for a picture. Her brother answered the phone and told Mervyn LeRoy that Polly was out of town and couldn’t possibly return in time for the role. As an afterthought, and as he now explains it, more in jest, he said,” But Loretta is here and she looks very much like her sister.” Now, to tell a director over the telephone that someone looks like someone else and is fitted for a cértain role is one of the most certain ways for him to get a job in motion pictures. LeRoy, although he has never explained why, told her brother to send Loretta out to him. When she arrived he was so impressed with her that he personally presented Loretta to Colleen Moore in order to secure a better part for her in Colleen Moore’s “Naughty But Nice.” Colleen Moore, in turn, sold the idea of having Loretta in the company to the studio executives and the result was a long term eontracts The outstanding stepping stones in Miss Young’s meteoric film career have been her selection for the ung home jfeminine lead in Lon Chaney’s “Laugh, Clown, after an Lanse elimination contest with forty seven ingenues in “The Squall,’ and being elected a Wampas Balby Star for 1929 with her sister, Sally Blaine. Rather than affect a studied blase pose Miss Young’s behavior is merelv a reflection of the activities of a young, healthy, and beautiful girl. She loves dancing, musi and pretty clothes and indulges in all. She will drive a motor boat for hours, yet refuses to go swimming, She keeps a scrap book and not only admits it but will show it off to anyone who cares to see it. Her eomplexion is fair, her hair brown and eyes blue. She is five feet three inches in height, a slim and willowly type one sees On magazine covers. Although she is a bubbling sort of girl she pines to play languorous roles involving great emotional scenes. She will continue playing her present roles however, because of her success in pictures’ of the type of ‘“Searlet Seas,” “The Girl In The Glass Cage,” “The Careless Age,’ and “Fast Life.” Her part in “The Right of Way” is one in keeping with her past characterizations. Loretta Young in “The Right of Way” Cut No. 18 Cut 15¢ Mat 5c Biography of SNITZ EDWARDS One of the best-known character actors in motion pictures is gargoylelike little Snitz Edwards, who is a veteran of the film industry. Edwards, who is a part-Indian of Sioux extraction, was born in Wyoming. He went to Chicago with a shipment of steers on a cattle train one day, entered pictures with the and later films He has worked for practi Essanay Company. there, went to Hollywood to enter there. cally every big company. and has played important roles representing almost every nationality. The talkies brought his vogue back again after a time when, it seemed, it had waned. and the return of the outdoor variehe had formerly excelled were probably dual An excellent voice ties of pictures in which factors in the increased popularity he enjoyed. Among his best recent films are of Way,” “The Right “Night Life.” “College,” Fred Kohler in “The Right of Way” Cut No. 17 Cut 15¢ Mat 5¢ Biography of FRED KOHLER Fred Kohler is a native son of Kansas, the Cornflower: state, and has spent his entire life in the west. He has had long stage experience in stock companies, but never played in New York. He entered pictures in 1910 during a visit to Hollywood. Jim McGee. at the old Selig studio was working on “The Code of Honor” and wanted an actor of Kohler’s type. Kohler took the role and has been in pictures ever since. Kohler was born in Kansas City April 20, 1889 and was educated there. He entered a stage career by accident. Shortly after graduating from high school -he met William Carlton, a producer-actor, who was a friend, and when Carlton learned Kohler didn’t have a job he offered him. a part in a road show, “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” which soon was to go on the road. Kohler played the villain role at small salary. Western pictures have been Kohler’s forte, and he played featured roles in such productions as “The Thundering Herd,” “The Iron Horse,” “Old Ironsides,” “The Open Range,” “The Way of All Flesh,” and others. He made his talking picture debut in “The Dummy,” and also appeared in “Broadway Babies,” “Hell’s Heroes,” and other important produetions. First National then placed him under long term contract. Kohler is six feet one inch tall, with blue eyes and blonde hair and weighs 200 pounds. His sports are hunting, riding, fishing, golfing and raising dogs and pheasants. He is married to Marjorie Prole Kohler, non-professional. Kohler is now appearing in “Right Of Way” at the theatre. Conrad Nagel in ’ “The Right of Way” Cut No. 19 Cut 15¢ Mat 5c Biography of CONRAD NAGEL Conrad Nagel was born in Keokuk, Iowa, March 16, 1897, He was edueated at Highland Park College, Des Moines, and because he earned the degree of Bachelor of Oratory and was a prominent member of the drama and glee clubs, he turned to the stage for a vocation. His first part was a juvenile role in the Peerless Stock Company’s (Des Moines) presentation of a new playwright’s effort, the very name of which has gone into oblivion, since it “flopped.” Nagel’s work, however, won him the chance to continue with the company, playing many roles. In 1918 he entered pictures, and has enjoyed a steady vogue ever since; a vogue that increased tremendously, however, with the coming of the talkie. “The Swan,” “The Ship from Shanghai,” “The Sacred Flame,” and “White Collars” are among his most recent pictures made prior to his big hits in “Numbered Men,” and “The Right of BN vt , OHIO ; lane ae Bee “You cheated the devil when he came to claim €& , 3S me!’’ fe RIGHT of WAY Cut No. 10 Cut20c Mat 5c A Frank Lloyd Production with CONRAD NAGEL LORETTA YOUNG FRED KOHLER The Shadow Of The Past ‘That Barred fe ee ig CONRAD NAGEL LORETTA YOUNG FRED KOHLER reaching the peak of art istic endeavor. Cut No. 6 Cut 4goc tS Spa ICO Ox Vila 0 ta The reckless ladies’ man who had the right of way to loves he could not hold. Based on Sir Gilbert Parker’s epochal novel. A FRANK LLOYD Production A FIRST NATIONAL Mat roc Page Seven